Saddle



(No Model.)

J. D. PADGITT.

SADDLE.

No. 415,467. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE D. PADGITT, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,467, dated November19, 1889. Application filed May 20, 1889- Serial No. 311,480. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JESSE D. PADGITT, of Dallas, in the county of Dallasand State of Texas, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinRiding-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

In saddles of the class to which mine belongs one or both plies of eachstirrup-leather usually pass around one of the side bars of the tree,thus extending across the smooth under side of the said side bar, so asto lie in contact with the back of the animal on which the saddle may beused. In some cases the under side of the bar is provided with atransverse groove or slot to receive the stirrup-leather; but whicheverof these modes of construction is adopted the animals back is liable tobe bruised or chafed by reason of the roughness or irregularity of theunder surface of the saddle'tree. Besides this objectionableconstruction, the front end of the seat-leather either terminatesabruptly, so that the space between the side bars of the tree is leftopen at that point, or the front end of the seat projects under thesingle ply or strap of the stirrup-leather that passes across the sidebars. Thus by either mode of construction the front portion of thesaddle-seat is broken or irregular, and the seat is rendered more orless uncomfortable in consequence.

By my invention all the above-indicated object-ions or defects areovercome, as will be apparent from the following description byreference to accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview of a wellknown kind of leather-covered saddle (minus the stirrups)provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a central cross-section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a modification of thestirrup-leathers. a

The saddle A is provided with a seat-leather B, whose front edgeterminates abruptly at the point a. The doubled or two-plystirrupleathers C 0 pass over and across both the side bars a a of thesaddle-tree, directly in front of the seat-leather B, so that the edge aof the leather abuts or is in contact with the sides of thestirrup-leathers, as shown. The latter thus cover the space or openingdirectly in front of the seat-piece ll, and form constituting thecomplete saddle-seat. By this arrangement and the absence of anyirregularity of bearing -surface on the under. side of the side bars aa, the comfort of the rider and the saddle beast is greatly promotedwithout any in other respects.

The stirrup-leathers are secured to the saddle-tree by means of screws DD, Fig. 1, that pass through the former and enter the latter. A verythin metallic plate E, which I term the straining-piece, is laid uponthe stirrup-leathers where they cross the side bars of the saddle-tree,and said plate is preferably secured by the same means as thestirrupleathers-t0 wit, by the screws D. The said plate E obviouslyincreases the strength and adds to the durability of that portion of thesaddle, as well as enhances the ornamental appearance of the latter.

The stirrup-leathers may be made in two or more pieces. As shown in Fig.2, the upper piece C is shorter than the under one C, and their ends arejoined by other pieces C to which the sweat-leathers F are attached.

In Fig. 2 the pieces 0 are dispensed with, the ends of pieces 0 0 beingdirectly united and the sweat-leathers F attached to the outer pieces C.

What I claim is 1. In a riding-saddle, the combination, with the dividedtree and the shortened seatleather B, of the stirrup-leathers, whichpass entirely across the tree in front of and abutting the front edge ofthe seat-leather, the upper surfaces of such abutting parts being flush,as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

2. In a riding-saddle, the stirrup-leathers passing entirely over thetop of the tree and having the metallic straining-piece secured uponthem, as shown and described.

JESSE I). PADGI'IT.

attendant disadvantage Witnesses:

W. C. PADGITT, H. Knrns.

